Hollywood has finally been making a concerted effort to increase representation and diversity across the board, but the age-old issue reared its head before, during, and after David Leitch’s blockbuster Bullet Train rolled into theaters this summer.
Adapted from the novel Maria Beetle by Kōtarō Isaka, it didn’t take long for the film to be called out for its predominantly white cast playing characters originally depicted as Japanese in the source material. The Executive Director of the Japanese American Citizens League blasted the decision, as did the president of Media Action Network for Asian Americans.
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